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I know, I know, this has nothing to do with Idaho politics. But I’m gonna share it anyway. This week, I attended my first show at the Sapphire Room at the Riverside Hotel. The draw was Karla Bonoff, one of…

Boise band Edmond Dantes recently produced a new music video from their soon-to-be-released album “Juno.” It was filmed in Boise. Check it out. “The Walkman took about a week to find,” bassist Ryan Peck says.

The annual Treefort Music Fest will return to Downtown Boise on March 20-23, 2014. Organizers announced about two dozen bands this morning. Considering that nearly 300 acts participated last year, you can expect more musical revelations in coming months.

Pedal-steel-laced Boise band New Transit has an album-release party Friday night in celebration of its sophomore disc, “Country Music Dead.” I spoke with frontman Sean Hatton this morning and asked him about that album title, which he says was a…

Sometimes, that ol’ guitar-bass-drums rock ‘n’ roll approach just ain’t cuttin’ it. If tonight is one of those times, Man Man is your ticket. The experimental Philadelphia outfit will play music on just about anything placed in front of them,…

Treefort Music Fest made quite a splash during its second year in Downtown Boise. The indie-centric, multiple-venue event doubled its number of bands in 2012 — to 280-plus — and attracted more than 6,000 people for acts ranging from Delicate…

Back in the late ’80s/early ’90s, the iconic building at 1519 W. Main St. was known as Crazy Horse, an all-ages alt-rock club that featured bands ranging from Mudhoney to Korn. Eventually, it became JD’s & Friends, which catered to…